Cortes used arms and guile to destroy empire
Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico, planted a flag and then began his conquest of the Aztecs 500 years ago today
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Meeting of great minds would change the world
A group of influential scientists and politicians gathered together 220 years ago at the home of Joseph Banks to form the Royal Institution, one of the world’s leading scientific bodies
Big-nosed French poet foresaw moon landing
Three centuries before Apollo 11 a French author was writing about landing on the moon. Cyrano de Bergerac was born 400 years ago today
Smith’s Weekly fought for the common man
Sydney’s brash, biased, racist and sexist Smith’s Weekly was founded a century ago today by a hotelier and two newspapermen as the voice of the common man
Fire did not stop ghosts at most haunted house
When a stack of books knocked over a paraffin lamp at William Gregson’s new property it destroyed what was once England’s most haunted house
Epic jungle mission made legends of Merrill’s Marauders
Although the call for volunteers said the mission would be dangerous and hazardous 3000 men stepped forward to be part of a unit which began an epic mission 75 years ago today
Doomed ship survived war but not the weather
It survived World War II but the cargo steamer SS Bombo, which plied its trade off the NSW coast, was no match for bad weather of February 22, 1949.
Rainy day painter made impression on art world
When keen gardener, Gustave Caillebotte, died among his plants in Paris in 1894 he left an incredible bequest of Impressionist works to the French public
Allies took off to knock Hitler out of the skies
When the air raid sirens sounded in Leipzig 75 years ago it marked the start of what became known as ‘Big Week’, an attempt to destroy Hitler’s air superiority
Sydney granny killed in-laws with rat poison
When the bedridden Mary Anne Mickelson finally died after a long illness 70, few suspected that it was the last murder by a poisoner who claimed four lives
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